Russian Kashtan CIWS – two 30mm six-barrel guns plus 8 SAMs.
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a.k.a. the 30 mm/54 (1.2″) 3M87 Kortik with SA-19
another russian system that is similar in concept is 30 mm/54 (1.2″) Palash : same twin 30mm gatling as Kashtan but with different missiles and optical firecontrol ” ball” instead of Kashtan’s radar/eo fit
As an upgrade, the 30 mm/54 (1.2″) AK-630 can be fitted with 2×2 optically guided SA-19.
MSI-Defence Systems LTD SIGMA mount = DS25/30 with 3 Mistral Manpads
mount a.k.a. Oerlikon/DES 30 mm/75 DS 30B and Laurence Scott LS-30B
http://www.msi-dsl.com/naval.html
I’m willing to bet that mounts like the British GCM-AO3 twin Oerlikon 30mm, the German 27 mm MLG 27 Light Naval Gun System, various Italian 25/30mm or the US Mk 38 Naval 25mm chaingun could all have 2-4 MANPADS retrofitted if necessary (esp. manpads employing IRH or SACLOS guidance)
For the simpletons among us, rust is the wrong answer! The correct answer is: “well, they had to pick some color!”.
Actually, the Russian often paint decks of larger vessels in a two-tone scheme, one of which is the reddish color found on their small ships and the other is a darker color. The darker color is used primarily on the main deck, and the lighter color on the higher level decks and superstructure top.
The Russians use more than one paint scheme, probably depending on which fleet we’re looking at. They also use Grey-Green on their decks sometimes:
As for other navies, the Algerian and Vietnamese navies use a similar reddish color deck paint. And there probably are more navies (e.g. with Russian ships) that do so, if you care to look for it.
Algerian navy FAC Djebel Chenoua
You need to search for the Fairmile “D” class MTB/MCS: 6 pounder (57mm) front and rear. Some 230 built starting mid 1942.
“At the start of the world war2 the British Royal Navy had need of a fast seagoing patrol boat so they set about designing there own. By the winter of 39 and after a lot of extensive testing they adopted a hard Chine semi planing type .It was decided that the company that should build them would be FAIRMILE . Constructed from ply bulkheads along with ply decks and superstructure then with a double diagonal mahogany Planking . Built primarily as an MTB (Motor Torpedo Boat) but due to shortages of MGB (Motor Gun Boats) And time saved by not putting the Torpedo firing mechanism on board consequently the first 94 were built as MGB .After that they were a mix of MTB/MGB benign armed at First with two 21in (53.3) tubes then Four 18in (45.7) tubes the boats with two tubes were classed as MTB/MGB while the Ones with four were classed as MTB,s only . They were powered by four direct drive Packard’s Producing 1250 BHP giving a top speed of 30nts though latter Fitted with 2/1 elliptical gearboxes were used giving another 2.5knts. The first FAIRMILE D (MGB 601) was built at Tough Brothers on the Thames in Teddington Middlesex .Though in all There were over 229 built by thirty firms.The main task of MTB were to sink enemy shipping in coastal waters catching them by surprise with there high speed and then sinking them with there torpedoes . “
Here’s something in Dutch
Here’s something in German
and in English
(you can get these foreign ones machine translated at altavista.com)
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